PROPERTIES OF THE FLOW AROUND TWO ROTATING CIRCULAR CYLINDERS IN SIDE-BY-SIDE ARRANGEMENT WITH DIFFERENT ROTATION TYPES

Abstract

The field characteristics of two side-by-side rotating circular cylinders in a cross-flow is investigated under different rotation types, at T/D = 1.11,1.6, and 3, respectively (T is the center spacing between the cylinders, and D is the cylinder diameter). A similar flow pattern which is the most efficient to narrow the low pressure area is identified for rotation type A, independent of T/D ratio, and two typical flow patterns are found under different spacings for rotation type B and type C, respectively. It is confirmed that there is an optimal rotational speed of 1.7-2, under rotation type A to attenuate the vortices, velocity drop, and turbulence intensity tremendously. As rotational speed increases to the optimal value, both the velocity drop and turbulence intensity decrease and their distributions are smooth. The results indicate that the shear layers which are accelerated following the free-stream direction would have significant influence on the flow modification, and different rotation types actually arrange these shear layers in diverse ways to change the flow pattern. Pitch ratio is capable to transform the gap flow, which is usually including the shear layers referred, thus this parameter can modify the wake of the two cylinders at different rotation types.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2013-09-17
  • Revision Date2014-05-05
  • Acceptance Date2014-07-12
  • Online Date2015-01-04

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1405487T

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